Revell (Revell of Germany and Monogram)

[PR19_Kit]

Pics of some test shots of the Halifax Mk. I/II (CLICK!) are available over on dpmv.de.

thanks for posting the link.

the new moulds do look rather nice.

RoG! a halifax with hercules engines next please.....

Is a conversion to a Hercules engined version feasable or are there too many differences?

I note the sprues show 4 x 3 bladed props and 2 x 4 bladed props, what's that about?

[kitnut617]

Is a conversion to a Hercules engined version feasable or are there too many differences?

I note the sprues show 4 x 3 bladed props and 2 x 4 bladed props, what's that about?

There's 4 x 4 blade props there Kit but they're on two sprues, there's one sprue above the two sprues that have the three bladed props, then there's another below which has the other two four bladers.

[Maverick]

Looking at the clear sprues & fins , there's a few versions within (all Merlin of course).  I actually find it odd because the old Matchbox kit of the same had similar options.  Is there any guarantee of this being a new mould?  It does have a new catalogue number.

Regarding B.III and other Hercules conversions, the clear nose and square fins are there, and I think it has the four gun Type A Mk.VIII turret of the later marks, although whether it has the raised fairing of the earlier design or skirt of the later type fitted to the Hercules aircraft I can't tell.  It also looks to have an H2S fairing.  If this all were the case, Hercules engines and wingspan would appear to be the significant changes required to kit a B.III or other later Halifax out of this kit.

Here's quite a good link to the aircraft:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hphalifax/main.htm

Regards,

Mav

[PR19_Kit]

There's 4 x 4 blade props there Kit but they're on two sprues, there's one sprue above the two sprues that have the three bladed props, then there's another below which has the other two four bladers.

Oh right, thanks for that Robert, I passed right over the first set of 4 bladers.

Looking at the piccies I can't see any sign of the Matchbox trench digger's work, it seems to be a much finer moulding altogether. It's quite a while since I've seen the older moulding though.

[Aircav]

Saw Aircav yesterday and he tells me that the Model store he now works for have the Revell 1/72 Ju 88 in stock. He's picking one up for Telford for me 

http://www.models4hobby.co.uk/Revell-Model-Kit-Junkers-Ju88-A-4-Bomber-04672.html

I'll post some pictures of the sprues later tonight.

[Spey_Phantom]

i hope revell hurries up with the NH90NFH and A400M, as i want to build both of them as Belgian Machines.
(NFH to be a RW model when delivery is expected next year, got delayed again and A400M is be semi-whiff)

[Aircav]

Junkers Ju88A

[kitnut617]

I don't know very much about Ju-88's but I was wondering why there's only three bomb racks

[Aircav]

The three sprue's in that photo, you get two of each.

[kitnut617]

The three sprue's in that photo, you get two of each.

A-ha! that would explain it then --- but it poses another question, why six bomb racks, from memory the Airfix kit I built many (many many) years ago only had four.

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Maybe that's one of two identical sprues ?

Ian

[Aircav]

I thought I was being helpful, may be this will help.

[kitnut617]

I thought I was being helpful, may be this will help.

You most definitely were helpful Aircav, I was just wondering why there would be six of the bomb racks now (items 245, 246 & 247), unless two of them are different to the other four.

[ChernayaAkula]

Oh, that Junkers looks good!  

Do wonder why you Brits get them before us, though?

<...>  Is there any guarantee of this [Halifax] being a new mould? <...>

It's most definitely a new tooling. Cut in Japan, AFAIK.

The fact that the moulds were cut in Japan makes me wonder whether this is some kind of joint-venture with Hasegawa? The break-down and look of the sprues reminds me of Hasegawa.
Revell and Hasegawa did their 1/48 Arado Ar 234 together, with Hasegawa releasing several boxings of the twin-engined versions and Revell releasing the four-engined kind.
Maybe Revell and Hasegawa will go a similar route for this, with Revell doing the Mk.I/II and Hasegawa releasing the other types (nothing announced yet, though)?

It's interesting to note the sprue with the triangular fins between the left wing halves (THIS PIC) and the empty space with cut-of sprue gates between the right wing halves (THIS PIC).

Also note the attached extra sprue in the upper left-hand corner of THIS PIC (which seems to contain the adapter for the later nose) and the different nose dome (Mk.III +) at the central bottom edge of THIS PIC on another attached separate sprue. And the sprue in THIS PIC seems to include the rectangular fins.

[Maverick]

Well, that's good news for a new tooling at least.

The clear nose of the later marks does seem to be included (on the clear sprue natch) and is also applicable to later marks of the B.II aircraft.

Regards,

Mav